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    CMBO and CMAK on Windows 8 OS ???

    in Combat Mission - Tech Support

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    I've got the newer game (CMBN); it just isn't as much fun. I still loathe the new interface which I feel was crippled by trying to be RT and WEGO at the same time and by a feeble quick battle system.

     

    Over the years and a dozen or more PCs and laptops I've bought 3 copies of CMBO and two each of CMBB and CMAK.

     

    I think you have to be more of an enthusiast or sim specialist to play the newer game - but I've got too broad a range of game likes - switching eras and game systems.

     

    And I still visit the forum (don't like the new style do you Grandad?) for the sometimes interesting discussions and amusing rants that crop up.

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    Would a 75mm HE shell knock out a tank with 15mm of armour?

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

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    One effect of HE, but a bit bigger, from 3AD site:

    The 3AD had begun a four-pronged attack on the city, which was heavily defended. Division armor were finally able to enter the city slowly after numerous concrete tank barriers were destroyed. With 3AD tanks fanning out, and 36th Infantry riflemen following, the Super Pershing reached an intersection and began to round a corner to its right. Unknown to its crew, a King Tiger had apparently been waiting in ambush at a distance of two blocks or roughly 600 yards away, and in the same direction that the Americans were turning into.

    At this distance, easily within its capability, the Tiger fired at the Super Pershing. But its infamous high-velocity 88mm shell, of the type that had destroyed so many American tanks and vehicles during the war, went high and was not even close. Gunner Cpl John "Jack" Irwin, only 18 years old, responded almost instantly with a round that struck the Tiger's huge angled glasis, or front plate. But the shot, a non-armor-piercing high explosive (HE) shell, had no effect. Ricocheting off the armor, it shot skyward and exploded harmlessly. The Super Pershing had been loaded with an HE only because Irwin had been expecting urban targets, such as buildings, personnel, and light anti-tank guns. "AP!", he shouted to his loader "Pete," which meant an armor-piercing shell would be next.

    Maduri and crew then felt a concussion or thud on the turret. It was never known if this shot came from the Tiger, or from some other anti-tank weapon. In any case, no serious damage was done - probably a lucky glancing impact. In the next instant, Irwin aimed and fired a second time, just as the royal monster was moving forward and raising up over a pile of rubble. The 90mm AP round penetrated the Tiger's underbelly, apparently striking the ammo well and resulting in a tremendous explosion that blew its turret loose. With near certainty, the entire crew was killed.

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    Why were the Paras at Arnhem so lightly equipped?

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    Of course, I could have googled it myself:

    "A toggle rope was part of the standard equipment of British commandos and the Parachute Regiment during World War II. It was 6 feet (1.8 m) long, and had a toggle at one end in a tightly fitting eye splice, with a larger eye at the other end. This enabled them to be fastened together to create an ersatz rope ladder, or to secure around a bundle for hauling, among other uses."

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    Is the Sn-42 body armour in the game ?

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

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    "During the Civil War, 24 percent of the 29,980 amputations performed by U.S. Army surgeons resulted in fatalities, a figure greatly exceeded during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), when fully 77 percent of the approximately 13,000 amputations performed by French Army surgeons resulted in death." (Cribbed from somewhere).

    I'm surprised the ACW survival rate was so high. Nowadays I think if you are alive when you reach the aid station there's a 90%+ chance you will live, hence there being so many multiple amputees from recent wars.

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